This has been going around the US for a while
now. A friend from California
sent it to me weeks ago, when I worked out what we pay per gallon comparatively
and informed him..
that shut him up quick smart. Americans
are always so hard done by..
my two cents worth
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Jason Bayly
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Shane Farmer
Sent: Friday, 29 April 2005 12:56
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To: CFAussie
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Subject: [cfaussie] [WOT] Cheap
Petrol
Hey all,
This is a crazy idea that just might work.
Shane
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Subject: FW: Don't buy petrol at MOBIL OR BP!
I called the number on the bottom of the email, and it is for real.
This initiative does come from Barry Minster, worth calling and
chatting to him if you need reassurance.
Apparently we are going to hit close to $1.35 a litre by the winter.
If this happens the prices will flow on down to the price of every
thing we buy! Want petrol prices to come down? We need to take
some intelligent, united action. Philip Hollsworth, offered this
good idea.
This makes MUCH MORE SENSE than the "don't buy petrol on a
certain "day" campaign that was going around last April or May!
The oil companies just laughed at that because they knew we
wouldn't continue to "hurt ourselves" by refusing to buy petrol. It
was more of an inconvenience to us than it was a problem for
them. BUT, whoever thought of this idea, has come up with a
plan that can really work.
How that the oil companies and the OPEC nations have
conditioned us to think that the cost of a litre is CHEAP at .89 /
.95 cents, we need to take aggressive action to teach them that
BUYERS control the marketplace not sellers. With the price of
petrol going up more each day, we consumers need to take
action.
The only way we are going to see the price of petrol come down
is if we hit someone in the pocket by not purchasing their Petrol!
And we can do that WITHOUT hurting ourselves.
Here's the idea:
For the rest of this year, DON'T purchase ANY petro! l from the
two biggest oil companies (which now are: BP and Mobil). If they
are not selling any petrol, they will be inclined to reduce their
prices.
If they reduce their prices, the other companies will have to follow
suit. But to have an impact, we need to reach literally millions of
BP petrol buyers. It's really simple to do!!
Now, don't wimp out on me at this point...keep reading and I'll
explain how simple it is to reach millions of people!!
I am sending this note to a lot of people. If each of you send it to
at least ten more (30 x 10 = 300) ...and those 300 send it to at
least ten more (300 x 10 =3,000)... and so on, by the time the
message reaches the sixth generation of people, we will have
reached over THREE MILLION consumers!
Again, all you have to do is send this to 10 people. That's all.
(and not buy at BP and Mobil) How long would all that take? If
each of us sends this email out to ten more people within one
day of receipt, all ! 300 MILLION people could conceivably be
contacted within the next 8 days!!! I'll bet you didn't think you and I
had that much potential, did you! Acting together we can make a
difference. If this makes sense to you, please pass this
message on.
PLEASE HOLD OUT UNTIL THEY LOWER THEIR PRICES TO
THE 80 cents a LITRE
RANGE.
It's easy to make this happen. Just forward this email, and buy
your petrol at Shell, Caltex, GAS. or Gull Outlets and drive past
BP and MOBIL Stations.
Barry Minster
State President
Ex Service, Service & Veterans Party
www.esvp.asn.au
13 Ermington Place
Kew 3101
Telephone: 03 9816 9713
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